Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland

Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland

Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis Terrae Novae
Basilica of St. John the Baptist, the archdiocesan cathedral
Location
Country Canada
TerritoryNewfoundland and Labrador
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland
Population
- Catholics

120,135 (49.6%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 May 1784; 240 years ago
CathedralBasilica of St. John the Baptist
Patron saintSt. John the Baptist
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopPeter Hundt
SuffragansRobert Anthony Daniels
Bishop of Grand Falls
Bart van Roijen
Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador
Website
rcsj.org

The Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis Terrae Novae) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province with two suffragan dioceses: Grand Falls and Corner Brook and Labrador. The current archbishop is the Most Reverend Peter Hundt. The Archdiocese of St. John's is the oldest Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in English-speaking North America.

The Basilica of St. John the Baptist is the cathedral of the archdiocese. The building sits within the St. John's Ecclesiastical District, a National Historic District of Canada.


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